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Family Comedy, Family Drama, Martial-Arts, Sci-Fi, absurdist fiction, action film, comedy drama, martial arts film, psychedelic film, science fiction film
Evelyn Quan Wang is a middle-aged Chinese immigrant who runs a laundromat with her husband Waymond in Simi Valley, California. Two decades earlier, they eloped to the United States and had a daughter, Joy. In the present day, Evelyn strugg…
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Action Comedy, Sci-Fi, Super Hero, action film, adventure film, science fiction film, speculative fiction film, superhero film
In Ixtenco, Mexico, Nick Fury and Maria Hill investigate an unnatural storm and encounter the Earth Elemental. Quentin Beck, a super-powered individual, arrives and defeats the creature. Fury and Hill subsequently recruit him.
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Adventure, Fairy-Tale Film, High Fantasy, Space Opera, action film, adventure film, coming-of-age film, science fiction film, space opera
thumb|From left to right: Luke, Leia, and Han in a still from Star Wars In a period of galactic civil war, Rebel Alliance spies have stolen blueprints to the Death Star, a colossal space station built by the Galactic Empire that is capable…
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Fantasy, Martial-Arts, action film, adventure film, fantasy film, ninja film, splatter film
In Japan in 1617, Hanzo Hasashi is out collecting water when he finds his wife and son frozen to death, his home ransacked and his allies, the Shirai Ryu ninja clan, dead at the hands of the Chinese Lin Kuei assassin clan, led by the cryom…
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Action, Cyberpunk, Film Noir, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, cyberpunk, drama film, dystopian film, film noir, neo-noir, science fiction film, tech noir, thriller film
In 2019 Los Angeles, former police officer Rick Deckard is detained by Officer Gaff, who likes to make origami figures, and is brought to his former supervisor, Bryant. Deckard, whose job as a "blade runner" was to track down bioengineered…
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Drama, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, adventure film, drama film
In a war-ravaged Panem, Coriolanus Snow is selected to be a mentor for a tribute in the 10th Annual Hunger Games. The winning tribute's mentor is to be awarded the Plinth Prize scholarship, which Snow hopes to use to restore his family's p…
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Action, Historical drama, Swords and Sandals, action film, adventure film, drama film, epic film, historical film, sword-and-sandal film
Sixteen years after Marcus Aurelius's death, Rome is ruled by the twin emperors Caracalla and Geta. In the North African kingdom of Numidia, Hanno lives with his wife, Arishat. The Roman army led by General Justus Acacius invades and conqu…
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Adventure, Fantasy, action film, adventure film, family film, fantasy film, monster film, sword and sorcery film, teen film
Dragons frequently attack the Viking village of Berk, stealing livestock and endangering villagers. Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, the 16-year-old outcast son of chieftain Stoick the Vast, attempts to create mechanical devices to overcome …
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Adventure, Animation, Computeranimation, Komödie, action film, adventure film, children's film, comedy film, fantasy film
Nine years ago, Woody and Bo Peep rescue Andy's remote control car, RC, from being washed away in a storm, before Bo and her lamp are donated to a new owner. Woody attempts to rescue her, but she insists it is okay as it is "time for the n…
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Action, Action Comedy, Fantasy, Treasure Hunting, action film, comedy film, fantasy film, horror film, treasure hunt film
In Thebes, Egypt, 1290 BC, Pharaoh Seti I discovers that his high priest Imhotep has been having an affair with his mistress Anck-su-namun. The two kill Seti when he confronts them. Anck-su-namun takes her own life to buy Imhotep time to e…
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Utopia & Dystopia, War Film, action film, drama film, dystopian film
A civil war has engulfed the United States between the authoritarian federal government, led by a third-term president, and three secessionist movements. Despite the president claiming victory is imminent, it is widely expected that Washin…
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Aliens, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, horror film, monster film, religious horror, science fiction action film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, suspense film, thriller film
As a spacecraft departs a planet, a tall humanoid alien drinks a black liquid, causing its body to dissolve. Its remains crumble into a waterfall and the alien's DNA falls apart and starts to recombine. In 2089, archaeologists Elizabeth Sh…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Family Saga, Justice Drama, Mafia Film, Marital Tragedy, action film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, epic film, flashback film, gangster film, historical drama film, historical film, mystery film, police procedural film, suspense film, thriller film
Vito In 1901, nine-year-old Vito Andolini escapes from Corleone, Sicily, in the Kingdom of Italy to New York City after mafia chieftain Don Ciccio kills the rest of his family. An immigration officer registers him as Vito Corleone. By 1917…
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Horror, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, horror film, monster film, science fiction action film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, suspense film, teen film, teen horror film, thriller film
In 2142, a Weyland-Yutani probe recovers a large cocoon from the wreckage of the USCSS Nostromo. Months later, at the run-down Jackson's Star mining colony on the perpetually dark planet LV-410, orphaned colonist Rain Carradine discovers t…
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Horror, Police Film, Psychological Thriller, action film, buddy cop film, chase film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, detective film, drama film, horror film, independent film, mystery film, neo-noir, police procedural film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, suspense film, thriller film
In an unnamed city overcome with violent crime and corruption, disillusioned police Detective Lieutenant William Somerset is one week from retirement. He is partnered with David Mills, a young, short-tempered, idealistic detective who rece…
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Aliens, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, body horror film, fantasy film, girls with guns, horror film, monster film, mystery film, science fiction action film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, suspense film, thriller film
The commercial space tug Nostromo is returning to Earth with a seven-member crew in "stasis": captain Dallas, executive officer Kane, warrant officer Ripley, navigator Lambert, science officer Ash, and engineers Parker and Brett, along wit…
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Natural Disaster, action film, apocalyptic film, disaster film, drama film, speculative fiction film, thriller film
Structural engineer John Garrity lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with his estranged wife, Allison, and their diabetic son, Nathan. He is on the way home to watch the near-earth passing of a recently discovered interstellar comet nicknamed "Clar…
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Action, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Destiny, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Time Travel, action film, adventure film, chase film, cyberpunk, drama film, dystopian film, fantasy film, horror film, independent film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction action film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, suspense film, tech-noir film, techno-thriller, thriller film, time-travel film
In 1984 Los Angeles, an imposing man appears naked in an alley amid electric flashes and attacks some punks for clothes. Later, a man with scars appears in an alley the same way and evades police. The first man robs a gun shop, looks up ad…
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Action Comedy, Computeranimation, Sci-Fi, Super Hero, action film, adventure film, comedy film, drama film, science fiction film, superhero film
New York City teenager Miles Morales struggles to live up to the expectations of his father, police officer Jefferson Davis, who sees Spider-Man, the superhero persona of Peter Parker, as a menace. Miles's uncle Aaron takes him to an aband…
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Romance Film, Secret Agent, Thriller, action film, adventure film, crime film, spy film, thriller film
MI6 operative James Bond is promoted to 00 agent after assassinating traitorous MI6 section chief Dryden and his contact in Prague. In Uganda, Mr. White introduces Steven Obanno, a commander of the Lord's Resistance Army, to Le Chiffre, an…
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Super Hero, action film, adventure film, science fiction film, superhero film
Five months after Thaddeus Ross is elected president of the United States, he sends Sam Wilson and Joaquin Torres—the new Captain America and Falcon, respectively—to Oaxaca, Mexico, to stop the illegal sale of classified items stolen by Si…
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Action Comedy, Buddy Cop, action comedy film, buddy film
Private investigator Walter Hale is killed in an apparent hit and run in Hawaii. His sons, estranged half-brothers US Navy SEAL James and suspended police detective Jonny, are informed of his death. Yakuza thugs attack Jonny at his Oklahom…
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Adventure, Crime, Super Hero, Thriller, action film, adventure film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, neo-noir, ninja film, superhero film
In Gotham City, young Bruce Wayne falls down a well and develops a fear of bats. One evening, Bruce visits the opera with his parents and is so unsettled by the performers masquerading as bats that he asks to leave. While returning home, a…
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Italo-Western, Western film, action film, blaxploitation film, comedy drama, drama film, historical drama film, historical film, revisionist Western
In 1858 Texas, several male African American slaves are being "driven" by the Speck Brothers, Ace and Dicky. Among the shackled slaves is Django, sold off and separated from his wife, Broomhilda. The Speck Brothers are stopped by Dr.
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